[pianotech] Keyboard Metrology Sound-off!!!

[Ed Foote]

> Hello,


 > I am curious as to how many of my fellow techs are regularly 
weighing off keyboards.>> 



An even FW is sensed at a deeper level than the simple comparisons of DW, (perhaps on the level of telling the difference between 
ivory and plastic? )  However, many people playing the piano don't sense things that sensitively. So, the extra time required is not always justified.  It makes little sense to 
weigh-off the keys and make all the adjustments necessary for a piano that is only going to be pounded on after four 
drinks on Christmas eve.  However, out on that stage, when it all comes down to a difficult Chopin or Debussy passage,
I think many pianists can feel the difference.  
    I think this is more important for fast passage work, since effects of inertia increase with velocity.  If the piano is only 
going to be played in, say, a funeral home, I wouldn't recommend spending on a step like this, but if it is going on stage 
or under a professor's hands, I consider it essential. 
Regards, 

Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html





 
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